MX-19 Beta 2.1 Feedback

[gsm]

I added some extra info, about LibreOffice not starting, to my reaction #141.

[Jerry3904]

Just clucking on the deb works though, right?

[nixy]

Matcha theme uses around 100 MB more than default Arc theme, is that expected?

[Eadwine Rose]

Just clucking on the deb works though, right?

*cluckcluck*

hehe sorry couldn't help it..

lessee..

Nope, doesn't work either, same result.

I wanted to try with a different file but this is the only .deb I have. I can send it to you via Slack if you want to try it? (if that is possible)

[Jerry3904]

Not really. Gdebi works fine for me on 64 bit.

[Eadwine Rose]

OK.. ah well.. I can get it working, so no biggie :)

[bigbenaugust]

Looks pretty good so far on my VM. Still getting a laugh out of the "patito feo" release name. :D

[dolphin_oracle]

Installation of a driver using the Nvidia driver installer on a dual graphics laptop fails. It works successfully on the same machine under 18.3.

During installation, accepting all defaults, the following message appears:


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Proceeding with or without the checkbox selected makes no difference. After a reboot attempting to test the Nvida card results in the following:

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chris@mx19b2Nvidia:~/Desktop
$ optirun glxgears
[   43.535779] [ERROR]No bridge found. Try installing primus or virtualgl.

The graphics specification of the machine is as follows:

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$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GF108GLM [NVS 5200M] driver: N/A 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1600x900~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile v: 4.2 Mesa 18.3.6 

Chris

what driver gets installed under 18.3?

[dolphin_oracle]

Matcha theme uses around 100 MB more than default Arc theme, is that expected?

might need to update the icon cache, which I forget how to do at the moment but usually makes a big difference to ram. If that's the problem anyway.

[2jcm]

I have 8 partitions on this Intel Nuc, with Mint 19.2 Mate the boot distro on sda2. I tried both MX 19 b1 & b2.1 and both wiped Mate & came up with a Grub prompt. I had MX 18.3 and wiped it before trying the Betas. On the 'Choose Partitions' I put Home to sda6. Swap is 2GB on sda1. I didn't notice the the label on root said "rootMX" The next screen says the installer will FORMAT & DESTROY data on these partitions. sda2 for /, sda6 for /home, & sda1 for MX swap. I don't want the installer to format my Boot partition (sda2)! Looks to me that it's a misnomer to say your can put MX on any partition you select. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, 2jcm.